Cops: Man shot in Hempstead
A 20-year-old man was shot in the hip on a street in Hempstead Saturday, village police said.
He was taken to Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, where he was in stable condition, police said.
Police said the shooting took place at 12 Windsor Pkwy. in Hempstead at 5:04 p.m.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.



